Computing

Computing is a weekly newspaper/magazine published by Incisive Media for IT managers and IT professionals in the United Kingdom. Originally published by Haymarket Publishing, it was one of two magazines (the other being Accountancy Age) that were purchased by VNU to launch their business in the UK. It is largely a controlled circulation publication, mailed without charge to members of the British Computer Society and other accredited workers in the field of computing. A small minority of issues are sold on newsstands, with the bulk of funding for production arising from advertising.

Computing's readership is audited by BPA Worldwide, which verified its circulation as 115,431 in the period July to December 2006.

With Computer Weekly (and formerly IT Week), Computing is the mainstay of the UK computer industry trade press. Historically, Computing was aimed at business-focused readers, with Computer Weekly catering for readers seeking more technical coverage. This distinction blurred and dissolved in the late 1980s, with IT Week filling the gap left in technology-focused business coverage from 1998, but in recent years Computing has once more pursued a business-oriented agenda since IT Week was bought by VNU Business Publications to create complementary publications. VNU Business Publications was acquired by Incisive Media in 2007.

The Computing web site was relaunched with new video and audio content and a focus on extensive reader interactivity in early 2007. About a dozen regular bloggers were introduced to create fresh and dynamic content for the online version of the magazine, some of these blogs also being carried in the print title. The editor contributes a regular blog, as well as industry experts such as Mark Kobayashi-Hillary.

The long-term editor of Computing, Bryan Glick, left the title in November 2009 to pursue a new role as editor-in-chief of Computer Weekly. He was replaced by the interim editor Andrew Charlesworth, who stays in post until January 2010 when the new permanent editor Abigail Warakar takes over.

External links

• computing.co.uk
• Audited circulation statement (PDF)

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